cover photo - Midwest Peregrine Falcon Restoration Project

28. SP-Crow Creek, Lake County, Minnesota. This site, was occupied regularly by the pre-DDT
peregrines and again since 2003. Seven-year-old Wally b/g P/R, fledged at Palisade Head in
2000, paired with an unbanded female. Two young, a male and female, were banded on June
8 and fledged successfully by the end of the month. Dave Evans identified male Wally b/g
P/R in 2002 at Silver Cliff, about two miles from Crow Creek.
First year nesting attempted: 2003 Total young produced: 8
29. SP-Corundum Point cliff, Split Rock State Park, Lake County, Minnesota. As in former
years, the adults are very cautious, usually soaring high above when disturbed. Dave Evans
again spend many hours trying to identify the pair and was able to determine that an
unknown adult male and female were using the usual nest ledge on the southeast face of the
cliff. Four young were banded in early June, and one male and three females fledged in late
June.
First year nesting attempted: 1997 Total young produced: 24
30. SP-Gold Rock Point, Split Rock State Park, Lake County, Minnesota. New site. In late
October 2007, a report from a scuba dive charter captain of a pair that had been observed for
most of the summer was relayed to Jackie Fallon. At least one young was reported to have
reached fledging age.
First year nesting attempted: 2007 Total young produced: 1
31. SP-North Shore Mining, Silver Bay, Lake County, Minnesota. Dave Evans report that a new
male, six-year-old Jean b/g 7/*L, fledged in 2001 from Corundum Point cliff was paired with
an unbanded adult female. The pair nested in an old raven’s nest on an old loader unit, as the
original pair did in 1999-2003. Two young fledged in early July, one male and one female.
Male Jean had previously nested in 2006 just a few miles north at the Pink Cove territory.
First year nesting attempted: 1999 Total young produced: 23
32. SP-Palisade Head cliff, Tettegouche State Park, Lake County, Minnesota. According to Dave
Evans, a pair of adults, most likely the same pair as in 2005, nested on a ledge that was the
original ledge used in 1988. The male is banded with a silver USFWS band only and the
adult female was unbanded. Three eggs were laid and one female hatched and fledged
successfully in late June. State park DNR staff continue to post the area to prevent
disturbances to the nesting birds at this popular rock climbing site throughout the nesting and
fledging season. This site has the highest natural production of any site in Minnesota.
First year nesting attempted: 1988 Total young produced: 53
33. SP-Birch Bay, Lake County, Minnesota. Peter Harris reported a pair of birds nesting on a
cliff in a raven nest. For the second year, the male was black band *5/4, a 2002 fledge from
Squaw Bay, Ontario and the female was black band *X/7, 2003 fledge from Squaw Bay,
Ontario. Three young were banded as female at ~ 14 days of age, and all three fledged
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